V. I. Lenin

Draft Decision of the Council of People’s Commissars on the Evacuation of the
    Government

Written:February 26, 1918First Published:1927 inLenin Miscellany XIPublished
    according to the manuscriptSource:Lenin’sCollected Works, Progress
    Publishers, Moscow, Volume 27, 1972, page 67Translated:Clemans Dutt, Edited by Robert DaglishTranscription\HTML Markup:Robert Cymbala and David WaltersOnline Version:Lenin Internet
    ArchiveMarch, 2002

1. Choose Moscow as the seat of government.

2. From each department evacuate the minimum number of leaders of the central
    administrative body, not more than two or three dozeri people (plus families).

3. Whatever happens, immediately remeve the State Bank, the gold and the
    Stationery Office.

4. Begin evacuating Moscow valuables.